Palpate the face and neck to include the parotid and other salivary glands, eyes, local lymph nodes, skin, temporomandibular joint, cervical spine

Inspect and tap each tooth for tenderness which may indicate a dental disorder

Check for pain and limitation of jaw movements ( especially opening the mouth), tenderness of the jaw joint and grating noise with moving the joint which suggests temporomandibular joint dysfunction

Inspect for proptosis (forward displacement of the eyeball) which may indicate a tumor arising from the bones of the orbit (such as lymphoma or metastases) or of the sinuses

Nervous system examination. If abnormalities are found must consider multiple sclerosis, acute Wallenberg's syndrome, advanced acoustic neuroma or nasopharyngeal cancer (that may invade the base of skull early and present with multiple cranial nerve palsies)

Home Diagnostic Testing

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Facial pain:

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